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<blockquote data-quote="J.Quondam" data-source="post: 8727068" data-attributes="member: 7030100"><p>It's weird. Not sure why this question is so hard, but it is. Except for the one image that is burned into my brain, practically nothing concrete springs to mind when I hear "magic item."</p><p>But as for "the one image that is burned into my brain", it's not even strictly D&D, but merely D&D-adjacent:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]257297[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>Artist:</strong> Unknown (maybe Jim Rosloff, who did the box art for this particular release, I think?)</p><p><strong>Source:</strong> <em>Dungeon!</em> board game (One of the early 1980s editions, not sure exactly which one I had.)</p><p><strong>Item:</strong> Medallion of ESP</p><p><strong>Rationale:</strong> This thingamajig does all the right things and ticks all the right boxes: It keeps you out of danger in dangerous dungeons. It looks vaguely like what it does, without being too obvious. It forces you to look at the rules. It stares back if you stare at it. It clashes with everything in your wardrobe, while simultaneously matching everything in your wardrobe. And it's worth a decent chunk of gold. Truly it is a miraculous object!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px">* The <strong>second</strong> pic that pops into my head after a lot of grunting is:</span></em></p><p>[SPOILER][ATTACH=full]257298[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Artist:</strong> Larry Elmore</p><p><strong>Source:</strong> cover of BECMI Companion Set</p><p><strong>Item:</strong> a M**F**ING MAGIC SWORD!!</p><p><strong>Rationale:</strong> One more time for the slowpokes: it's a M**F**ING MAGIC SWORD!! This is a great archetypal scene featuring a great archetypal magic sword meant for superheroic characters who have leveled up to shiny <s>spandex</s> full plate and flowing cape.</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J.Quondam, post: 8727068, member: 7030100"] It's weird. Not sure why this question is so hard, but it is. Except for the one image that is burned into my brain, practically nothing concrete springs to mind when I hear "magic item." But as for "the one image that is burned into my brain", it's not even strictly D&D, but merely D&D-adjacent: [ATTACH type="full"]257297[/ATTACH] [B]Artist:[/B] Unknown (maybe Jim Rosloff, who did the box art for this particular release, I think?) [B]Source:[/B] [I]Dungeon![/I] board game (One of the early 1980s editions, not sure exactly which one I had.) [B]Item:[/B] Medallion of ESP [B]Rationale:[/B] This thingamajig does all the right things and ticks all the right boxes: It keeps you out of danger in dangerous dungeons. It looks vaguely like what it does, without being too obvious. It forces you to look at the rules. It stares back if you stare at it. It clashes with everything in your wardrobe, while simultaneously matching everything in your wardrobe. And it's worth a decent chunk of gold. Truly it is a miraculous object! [I][SIZE=3]* The [B]second[/B] pic that pops into my head after a lot of grunting is:[/SIZE][/I] [SPOILER][ATTACH type="full"]257298[/ATTACH] [B]Artist:[/B] Larry Elmore [B]Source:[/B] cover of BECMI Companion Set [B]Item:[/B] a M**F**ING MAGIC SWORD!! [B]Rationale:[/B] One more time for the slowpokes: it's a M**F**ING MAGIC SWORD!! This is a great archetypal scene featuring a great archetypal magic sword meant for superheroic characters who have leveled up to shiny [S]spandex[/S] full plate and flowing cape. [/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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